crestfallenness
English edit
Etymology edit
crestfallen + -ness
Noun edit
crestfallenness (uncountable)
- The quality of being crestfallen.
- 1857, Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, What Will He Do with It?, volume 2, page 152:
- Everywhere a sullen look — everywhere that ineffable aspect of crestfallenness!